Quote #8047
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
Quote #4969
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vicesMake instruments to plague us.
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Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want...
Quote #16908
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a...
Quote #12135
Enemies are so stimulating.
Quote #20855
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol’n forth of...
Quote #33638
The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of...
Quote #21594
The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges...
Quote #15147
Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort...
Quote #9678
For a significant manwoman, the one thought he values greatly, to the laughter and...